The musicalEmilia Perezfeatures Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana in her first full musical.
For each artist, the songwriters had to tailor the films songs to them.
Composer-songwriterClement Ducoland songwriterCamilleexplained the process at Deadlines Sound & Screen Film showcase.
So we watched her documentaryMy Mind and Me, Ducol said.
The song Mi Camino came to mind very quickly.
Its very rhythmical with a live band behind it.
Gomez plays the drug lords wife.
TheNetflixfilm and its songs are in Spanish, a language Ducol does not speak.
He said he saw the language itself musically.
I cant speak Spanish so for me its like a musical language, he said.
Its just like a new instrument with many percussive aspects on it.
Camille is bilingual, so she was sensitive to writing lyrics that would flow musically.
I made sure every single word was good singing, to be sung, she said.
Im a singer so I really wanted everything to sound good.
The pair said they began with Audiards treatment, writing songs to let scenes play out.
They continued configuring songs for the cast, and even in some cases after principal photography.
The soundtrack is now available viaSony Masterworks.
Every song [is] just reflecting the story but are the story, Ducol said.
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